Friday, June 20, 2014

Poor Scott Walker. Even when he wins he loses.

by digby

I wrote about the Great Wisconsin Hope this morning for Salon. Judges may be deciding that the prosecutor's claims that his alleged criminality is without merit but they're not doing him any political favors:

Despite the fact that a couple of judges have found the “John Doe” investigation that’s been dogging him for years to be without merit, the news for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is not good. On Thursday, the Wisconsin Club for Growth got what they wanted and the court released secret documents underlying the case against the governor and the groups alleged to have been illegally coordinating with him during the 2011 recall election. If one assumes that everyone in the nation agrees that outside Big Money groups should be allowed to funnel money into politics using subterfuge and misdirection (while marching around self-righteously insisting they are defending the First Amendment) then perhaps this can be considered a victory.

Certainly the Wall Street Journal editorial page will see it that way. For them this case is a “civil rights case” in which the Club For Growth is their Rosa Parks being forced to sit in the back of the private jet and drink Perrier-Jouet instead of Dom. You’ll recall that recently they almost had a full-blown breakdown at the rumor Scott Walker might settle this case rather than have it tied around his neck like a sack full of gold bullion as he was trying to run for president.